Im not going to trust a Meta company that they have "the data" on video being the hot thing all the users crave with a ten foot pole lmao. Fool me once with that bullshit
yeah but there is a pretty big difference between resetera and reddit and things like facebook/Instagram/tik tok. not sure if youre going for a "gotcha" but pretty silly if so.
Companies of this scale spend a lot of resources on user research and building products that users want. Thats part of the data. Its always tricky to balance actual numbers against qualitative opinions though and sometimes they do mess up.
I'd also argue that those other companies crashed simply because they weren't able to monetize. Unfortunately, money is the most important metric used to validate decisions. Facebook isn't cool anymore but I think its still their biggest money maker due to their insane user base.
Personally I think big tech companies now spend too much time listening to users, which is why it feels like these companies aren't innovating and just chasing trends. Except for the whole Metaverse thing. I dont know if theres any consumer demand for it but they sure are trying to make it happen.
I don't think I've ever heard anyone complain about Instagram's UI before but they just keep changing it for some reason.
My feed has been "post from someone I actually follow, sponsored post, suggested post, sponsored post, post from someone I actually follow, two suggested posts in a row" and then it repeats like that. Are you telling me it's gonna get worse?
Yeah I dunno what the problem is. They've gone out of their way to not have one.If they want to be TikTok so god damned bad they can start by having an actual iPad app like TikTok does.
It seems like change for the sake of change mostly. I don't think they've made one change since I've been using it that made me think ' ah that's much better'
Basically the pained look of my avatar is how I must look scrolling through what Meta presents me with now.
I'm really hoping that some sort of mass repopulate the forums day takes off.Message boards are one of the last bastions of online chat that isn't governed by algorithms and sponsored content
Even Reddit is infested with this shit now
Yeah, realistically this is me too. When I'm on instagram it's 95% to just check Stories. I think I've posted to my feed two or three times in the past yearI'll be honest, 90% of the time I used instagram its to check peoples reels, I barely even scroll through the feed anymore.
Yikes.
People: We want to see more photos of our friends.
Meta: No.
Yup. Just no movement on anything anymore.it's terrible being an artist on IG atm if most of your content is static
source: me and my other illustrator chums
Important video:
View: https://twitter.com/mosseri/status/1551890839584088065?s=21&t=bTLREbpzcDueL965Rg1qaA
Instagram has the data and they know the whole scope of their users so I can't say I disagree with the decisions being made 🤷‍♂️ It's just become a product for a different kind of user, these are sensible product decisions tbh.
Yep. I have an exhibition coming up at the end of this year and it's getting me down. I will do some work in progress videos, but with video, it is harder to compete against the polish of the more "influencer" artists.it's terrible being an artist on IG atm if most of your content is static
source: me and my other illustrator chums
Yep. I have an exhibition coming up at the end of this year and it's getting me down. I will do some work in progress videos, but with video, it is harder to compete against the polish of the more "influencer" artists.
I also think it must suck for most smaller real-world businesses. Photographs are easy to take and a small business could have a fairy polished and viable social media presence. To project a similar brand identity with videos is more difficult, to the point where it might just not be worth the effort involved.
I do. I just wish the social aspects of it was better.
Right now?
Post short form content as reels, like behind the scenes stuff or stuff about your pet.
Create long form videos utilizing your interests and skills in photography and hashtag and tag when appropriate.
Curate the people you follow.
Still post your photos, but know that that's not the #1 way you'll be discovered unless you're a "hot" influencer.
I still do and so do others in the Hangout photography thread. I'm seeing a lot of posts today recommeding it to people, hopefully the userbase picks up.
Even Kylie Jenner agrees!
I'd love to think someone with 360 million followers would be listened to. T_T
Posted as a story though, haha
Edit: I do think stories has been a reason why post of images has gone down a lot. You don't post a pic of your lunch in your feed anymore. I know I rarely post on my own profile, mostly stories.
Has a website actually IMPROVED how it looks with UI changes? It seems like a universal constant that websites just get shittier and shittier looking over time.
|I'm not on Instagram anymore, but before I left I stopped posting pictures because I would always get very few interactions on pictures as Instagram was probably not showing my pictures on followers' timelines. I would get several hundred more views in stories than if I posted a picture, never mind reactions and comments. So it is really Instagram's fault...
If you don't like it, you're simply not their target audience anymore. They can't make as much of a profit off you anymore. It's honestly time for you to delete the app.
I mean you can spend 30 seconds on a video but 3 seconds on a photo. If you were creating an app, why WOULDN'T you want to make an app that has people more hooked on it than three competition?
If you don't like it, you're simply not their target audience anymore. They can't make as much of a profit off you anymore. It's honestly time for you to delete the app.
I mean you can spend 30 seconds on a video but 3 seconds on a photo. If you were creating an app, why WOULDN'T you want to make an app that has people more hooked on it than three competition?
It's already there, you have to tap the arrow on the top left above the stories.So how hard is it to implement a "my circle only" button and "everyone else" button? I'd figure when people are up to date on their friends and family they can click the other button to see what's going on based on their interests etc.
Huh. How come folks are complaining about random vids when they're trying to keep up to date with their social circles? Sorry I don't use any social media. Have a dormant fb account from 2005 to lurk old friends and twitter to just lurk news.It's already there, you have to tap the arrow on the top left above the stories.
The problem is, they don't want photos with sunset or things. They want people. And videos with people are way more engaging than photos with people.This is something I don't understand:
Spending less time on a photo means you can see *more* photos in the same amount of time it would took you to watch a 30s video. Sure, with videos I will have the app opened longer, but I will eventually see less content.
With photos you just need a single glance to see if the stuff is relevant to your interests and decide whether you want to click on it or not. Believe it or not, this is how I ended up clicking, following and even buy stuff from profiles on Instagram that offered handmade toys, ornaments or art. Videos don't work like that. Usually I don't even bother launching videos because either I don't have time to watch them, I don't know whether it's worth it, or I can't/don't want to launch something that requires audio at the moment.
Wouldn't surprise me if it's because it's relatively well "hidden" at the top of the screen and people don't notice it. You don't get any ads or stuff from people you're not following forced into the Favourites feed, just posts from people you've added. You can't set it as the default feed like you can with the latest tweets one on Twitter though, and it doesn't show Stories at the top either.Huh. How come folks are complaining about random vids when they're trying to keep up to date with their social circles? Sorry I don't use any social media. Have a dormant fb account from 2005 to lurk old friends and twitter to just lurk news.